The 6 Pack Economist

I think I just approved a bunch of comments that were actually spam, but it made me feel like someone was reading.  I personally think that I should just immediately purge anything from a cn or rus domain but I will wait till its a serious problem.
“circular logic gets me through the day”

I wonder if I could possibly right? Could today’s healthcare system be replaced by some horrible public and private system cobbled together by a bunch of competing interests?  Or maybe it will be run like the DMV?

“So you think you can dance?”  no.  I can I turn this crap off.  Unfortunately for me the answer is all no, as my wife loves these damn shows.  The show tonight is the final 20 show.  Basically this is the show they pick the 20 contestants that will be on the regular show.

Tonight’s episode follows the same pattern for each of the contestants who have just spent the last 4 days in Las Vegas being thrown around the stage as 6 self righteous judges play with their emotions.  Here is the pattern each contestant goes through as they come on stage.  If the judges compliment the dancers at first then they are letting them go home.  But if they judges start off with “we think you need to grow some”, pause as the dancer starts to cry, the judges say “and we think we watch you grow over the show, you made the top 20!”  Want an emotional mind fuck for these poor dancers. 

Do these judges go home and hold a piece of steak in front of their dog to watch the poor thing squirm and cry.  Just tell these poor bastards you made it or you did not. Just pull the damn band-aid off and get on with it.

I hate these fucking reality shows. 

I have to say that I appreciate that all the spam engines want me to love myself before I can love someone else.  I guess this is where the other spam engines come in to give me some cialis or Viagra, you know for all the loving I will be doing, for the cheap too.  And if that is not good for you I can get some cheap flights too!  Where has this spam been all my life.  Oh yeah it’s been in my freaking inbox.

I hope there is a special place in hell for spammers and spy ware makers.  Preferably they are waiting in line next to Hitler waiting for their turn for a good old pineapple ass reaming. 

The part that gets me the most is that I get so excited when I see an email telling me I have a comment to approve.  But then it just turns out that it is another spam message.  In the beginning I even approved some of the spam comments.  I did not know it at the time but realized the pattern once I got multiple messages telling me they like the name of the website.

I guess I should be happy that I have at least pirated computers enjoying my posts.  So here is a call out to all my bots in the hood 1001011 01001011101 110100 1001 110011!!!

I personally don’t care.  On my list of candidate positions it is just above if we agree on our choice of cereal.  Both sides on this issue really take it too far in the ramifications of either having gay marriage or not having gay marriage.  The pro-gay marriage side would have you believe that it is on the same level as forcing blacks to use certain water fountains or blocking the right to vote.  The anti-gay marriage side would have you believe that the nuclear family will instantly break apart and die because Tim and Tom or Jane and Joan got married.  For the pro-gay side lets be serious, you can do everything an actual married couple could do except have some of the legal protections from the state.  For the anti-gay side the no-fault divorce and Hollywood has already made a mockery of marriage.

Now that I have given my opinion, let us go into some little tidbits of things I thought about pertaining to this issue.  I like to look at things to find out the hidden consequences or things that most people did not think to include in their equations.

Why did government get involved with marriage to begin with?
The government or at least the United States Federal government did not really care who was married till the 1930s.  For those that took a history course the reason they started caring in the 1930s who was married to who was that social security benefits were started then.  Once the government started  paying people they begin to want to have a say in what is going on (this is a hint to anyone taking government money).  In the 1930s gay still meant that the person was just happy.  It was not really even considered that marriage was anything but a man and a woman (or women).

Why did government give benefits to being married?
There are a few reasons for this but the biggest is that hetero sexual marriage has a tendency to produce little future tax payers.  In addition the best way to ensure that the little taxpayers truly grow up to be taxpayers and not little criminals is to try and keep the parents in the same house.  Please don’t comment that there is no proof that kids grow up better in a house with mother and father I don’t care about your lies.

Is there any downside for gays and gay marriage?
Why yes there certainly is.  Although it is would not be noticeable for about three generations.  Let us assume that being gay is genetic (or at the very least people genetic predisposed to be gay).  In addition once gay marriage is legally recognized it will become social acceptable to be openly gay.  I would say it is acceptable now, but I guess it not true everywhere.  Here comes the downside.  When people stop hiding that they are gay and stop marrying heterosexuals the primary mechanism for the transfer of the “gay-gene” will be halted.  Remember that so many of us are unplanned pregnancy, and in a gay relationship there just is not an unplanned pregnancy.

I think we should all think about what the state of home decorating will be in 60 years.  Do we really want that?

I am sure that Black Beard, Blue Beard, and Jack Sparrow are rolling over in their grave watching these poorly styled amateurs pretending to be pirates.  I mean what happened to pride.  These guys are running around in Uncle Billy Bob’s dingy.  I want frilly shirts and Eye patches damnit!

I am happy to see that a ship full of American merchant marines fought off a group of these poor excuses for pirates.  But then you have some jerks stating that they should have just hung around and waited to be ransomed like a bunch of …..  Well place your favorite nationality here.  

The International Maritime Bureau basically wants the crews of these ships not to take any action once boarded.  Even prior to boarding they do not want the crews to take any lethal force just speed up and spray water on the attackers.  Unfortunately the people making the rules do not understand basic animal instinct.  And these guys are just animals.  Rule of the jungle states that “the weak and easy targets are eaten first”.   

I think (for whatever the hell that is worth) they should immediately change the rules.  The crews of these merchant vessels should be instructed in how to repeal invaders.  Ships should be equipped small arms and the crew should be trained in their use. 

This will immediately increase the cost of being a pirate.    Remember I believe in the whole risk and reward ratio.  This pirating business has become such a boon because there is no cost to the pirates.  They show up in a boat that seems to be something you would rent to go fishing while vacationing at the sea shore.  The crews of ships just stepped aside while the pirates took over ship and made the call to the company for ransom.  I think the call went something like this.

Somali Pirate: “Hello, Damnit a god damn machine”
Corporate Computer Answering Service: “Press 1 for English, Pora Espanol dos” (I don’t speak Spanish sorry)
Somali Pirate: “I am going to go with English is just makes everything easier with the banks”
Corp Comp: “If you know your parties extension dial it now or press 1 for more options”
Somali Pirate: “What is that guys extension.  Damn it where did I put that number.  Oh here it is”
Corp Comp: “Now transferring you to:  Ransom Department”
Somali Pirate: “I hate waiting on hold. This is the problem with the ransom business.  So much competition that I have to wait on hold now for 30 minutes.”
Corp Comp: “Your call is very important to us please continue to hold”
Somali Pirate: “What bull shit.  If it was that important you would pick up the phone”
30 more minutes later.
Ransom Department: “ Hello may I help you”
Somali Pirate: “Yes I took control of the ‘We are big Wussies’ cargo ship and would like to be paid.”
Ransom Department: “Do you currently have an account with us?”
Somali Pirate: “Oh yes of course, I am not an amateur.  Account number is  ‘1231######’” (I have to protect the Pirates identity)
Ransom Department: ”Is your TaxId still the same.  And you are aware that this money must be reported as income per the IRS”
Somali Pirate: “Everything is still the same.”
Ransom Department: “And how much should we pay this time”
Somali Pirate: “I am running a special this week.  Since I have two of your ships I will give them both back to you for 15 million”
Ransom Department: “Seems reasonable,  you will see the money in about 12 hours”
Somali Pirate: “Oh thank you very much.  Nice Doing business with you”
Ransom Department:  “Please do not hesitate call for your next ransom, good bye”

These guys have set up a smooth process oriented business around this ransom business.  Well until recently that is.  This small act of defiance, despite the danger, will force the pirates to think twice once it is known that someone might fight back.  It won’t deter many, unless more crews fight back.  The turning point will be when some pirates actually get killed in trying to take over the ship.  The escalation will continue as both groups begin a little arms race and more people will die.  In the end though the pirates will be forced to take more precautions and the gold mine of pirating will decrease.  Those that stay in the business will have to up-gun themselves.

The act of up-gunning themselves will be the undoing of the groups.  Primarily the reason why they could not take these rinky dinky boats out to go do pirating is they would not stand up to the job.  They will have make or modify boats specifically for the purpose of raiding ships.  These ships will be more easily spotted and chased down.  The boats will be spotted at the bases of operations and then one night a squad of SAS or Seals leave a bunch of dead bodies.

This brings everything back to a very simple point of life.  If you don’t fight for yourself you will get walked over.  Once you are known as someone who will not fight back, then everyone else around you will also walk over you too.  On the other hand if you are known as not taking peoples crap then those around you will not give you any crap.  They will even think twice about giving you crap that you deserve.  Why, because it comes with a cost, the cost of you fighting back.

I have a few random stories I looked and a little bit of how I feel about them.  Why because you people care what I think or you are just waiting for 5pm so you can go home and my website is as good as any.

Obama’s Eyes are bigger then his budget
I think the Blue Dog Democrates are starting to see what they signed up for when they ran in 2006.  Sure they were against the war in Iraq and started their career with rather admirable platform, unfortunately it was the rest of the stuff that goes along with running with a “D” behind your name that has scared them.  Combine that with most of the blue dogs being rather new to the game because they unseated republicans who had the seat for 8 years.    These same blue dogs are now starting to smarten up and realize that this budget is going to be a freaking disaster.  And they do not want to sign up for it.  Or all the long time democrates have gotten all the good pork projects.

New York and New Jersey will see less revenues
New York and it’s tag a long little brother New Jersey have decided that punishing the rich people for ever misdeed they want to attribute to them this week is more important than greater revenue for the state.  Raising taxes will lead to lower revenues.  Primarly because they will get the hell out of dodge.  Especially those in New Jersey or New York State.  New York City and Manhatten in particular have a certain intrinsic value.  Basicly a Manhatten address is worth about 50k a year.  But if you live in North Jersey you better like the color of rust and concrete while the rest of the state might be pretty, if you are moving anyway you mind as well go a little to the west and be done with it.

Who cares about taxes if you don’t pay them
This is a little unfair given the details of the tax problem.  It seems legit for the most part.  But it seems very hypocritical that the party of taxes is the same one that does not pay them.  The republicans tend to have trouble with airport toilets.  So democrates are hypocrites when they don’t pay taxes and republicans are hypocrites when they use their tax rebate for hooker.

I hate this crap.  It is freaking war not a damn sport played on the weekends. 

Did this guy not get the memo about the fact that in war you are trying to kill people.  You may try to not kill too many but in the end war is intended to brutal, harsh, and not something taken lightly. 

Why don’t they just outlaw bullets too?  Oh thats right when it comes down to it ,War is War and when faced with defeat all weapons will be used.  Making war more friendly just makes more war.  Keep War dirty, disgusting, and brutal lest we become too fond of it.

Apple is well on it’s way to continue it’s iMonopoly.  I have told you the stories of dealing with apple die-hards but I find it funny that most of the people I know who have an apple/mac are the biggest opponents of Microsoft and their monopoly.  But once you go with apple you are stuck with them.   Granted their new OS and much of the OSes on their products is linux based so it can be changed or “patched” to turn-off their monopoly code it still seems like you get locked in.  The lock in that is done with apple seems alot worse then the lock in you get with microsoft.

I personally like the iPhone and think it is better then my Windows Media based phone.  But in order to get and use an iPhone I have to signup for a long term contract with AT&T.  Then once I have the iPhone I am only allowed to get apple approved software.  Then again the primary reason why Apple’s seem to be so stable, is the tight control on the software and extensions available.  While Microsoft allows just about any yahoo (like me) to write software for them.

I really had no point to this post.

Some museam in kentucky has decided to make an exibit about creationism and apparently Darwins theory of natural selection.  I personally think that creationists give the rest of the conservatives a bad name.   Although I will say I am not totally convinced that evolution is just random either.  But everything created in about 8 thousand years?  Come on!

Lets say that you are trying to explain how the world came about to a person who has no concept of bacteria or viruses let alone DNA.  In addition the highest number that can be concieved of is a few thousand.  Now try to explain to that person that over millions of years little changes in a creatures DNA created both the mouse and the elephant.  What would you do to try and explain the begining of the world.  Most likly you would condence the whole story to more manageable level.  And then go through everything in the order it seems to have actually happend but use terms that the person would understand.

I have always found it kind of interesting that the bible story of creation parrellels what most evolutionist think happened.  The time scale is way off but it seemed very similar. 

And just to clarify I think that there is something a little more to evolution then just random shit-happens changes in DNA has created all the different species in the world.  I think there is some sort of generational push.  Basicly the generation before or in this case the chicken knows that it would be good for egg to have better feathers.  And eventually one of the eggs does.  (I appologise for the bad analogy but I am tired).

One day I will write about some of the physics books I read.  Especially the stuff about non-locality theory.